Robert’s take: One of the easiest ways to be recognized as a publishing powerhouse in the game industry is by providing a press conference in one of Los Angeles’ larger venues. While it’s a route ...
Read More »Skylanders: Superchargers Soars, Swerves and Swims
Like a juggler who keeps adding additional objects to his performance, the Skylanders’ franchise in an increasingly incredulous feat. Not only does each successive entry manage to offer compatibility with figures from past versions, but ...
Read More »New Game Releases: June 11th-17th, 2015
With the industry showing an abundance of upcoming titles at E3, publishers are taking a bit of a reprieve, offering few games that usual over the next seven days. That said, there are still a ...
Read More »Operation Abyss: New Tokyo Legacy review
As fans of fighting, platforming, and rhythm-based games likely know, genres can be curiously cyclical. Case in point: the first-person dungeon crawler, a type of game which rose to prominence during the ‘80s with the ...
Read More »Xbox One Intercooler review
There are a number of rational reasons why console owners should be concerned with the running temperature of the hardware. Ever hear a console fan roar just as a game starts flaunting visual grandeur? Then ...
Read More »New Game Releases: June 4th-10th, 2015
From a barrage of seven older Genterprise-published games (the G.G Series) to a PS Vita-based remake of Japan-only PC titles Generation Xth: Code Hazard and Code Breaker (Operation Abyss: New Tokyo Legacy), this week offers ...
Read More »Duck Game review
These past few years, retro-inspired titles became mostly associated with indie developed releases. This trend stems from the lower production values required to recreate a 16-bit gaming experience, and the fact larger developers have all ...
Read More »Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 2: Sisters Generation
Most game franchises don’t achieve immediate, unreserved success. Instead, properties are conscientiously cultivated, with each subsequent iteration demonstrating an interchange between developers and fans. Case in point: when Hyperdimension Neptunia emerged stateside in 2011, the ...
Read More »Vortex Attack review
It’s generally agreed up the Golden Age of Shoot’em Ups came and went. Many still fondly remember the 16-bit days when gamers were treated with new entries within this genre every other week. Still, some ...
Read More »Sproggiwood review
Over the last decade, indie developers have become increasingly enraptured by the Rogue-like. From turn-based descendants like Paper Dungeons and Quest of Dungeons or action-driven variants like Full Mojo Rampage or The Weaponographist, Rogue’s procedurally-generated ...
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